First off, Jack in the Box has a fun promo that might expand your game collection and your waistline. I bought a large combo and won a 1/2 off any used game coupon at Gamestop. So, instead of paying $34 for Gears 2, I bought it for $17. Nice.

Anyhow - I bought it pretty much for the single-player mode (playing on casual right now) and Horde. Hopefully I'll be able to get some co-op in with some friends. I have ZERO interest in versus mode. I've got fighting games for those!

So far so good. I never did finish the original Gears (got it on my PC), but I did like it. I really wish EA, Activision, Midway or someone other than Microsoft picked this game up, though... this could be one of the biggest franchises out there if only it was multiplatform.

Oh, its one of the biggest already, you say? Yeah, it is big. But being 360 only is limiting how big it could be, IMO. As much as it sold, had it been on the PS3? Gears 2 would've sold double what its sold already, with that many more people playing, with that much more buzz (real and imaginary).

Also - speaking of buzz - downloaded the Batman: Arkham Asylum demo tonight. Will get to it later on...